Cannot open attachments in Windows Mail

[Allan]

I recently purchased a new computer with Windows Vista. I cannot open any
attachments in E Mails in Windows Mail. I can save the attachments to a new
folder and open them from there. I get an error message telling me that
there is not a program associate with the attachment when trying to open
from Windows Mail. Is there anything I can do??

 

[DL]

It depends with what the attachment was created with as to whether you can
open it.
eg a .doc or xls file requires MS Office or the Office viewer

 

[mac]

I recently purchased a new computer with Windows Vista. I cannot open any
attachments in E Mails in Windows Mail. I can save the attachments to a new
folder and open them from there. I get an error message telling me that
there is not a program associate with the attachment when trying to open
from Windows Mail. Is there anything I can do??

Please tell us the type of file that is affected, .jpg .pps etc

 

[TheHarm]

I am also having problems opening any attachments. If I try to open by
clicking on the paper click nothing. If I try to save it I get the
error-"There was an error saving one or more of the attachments. Please check
your free disk space and try again". I have plenty of free disk space. I have
looked at the different e-mails concerning this issue and tried everything.
Nothing works! Any help would be greatley appreciated. I have already done a
restore to 3 November and that did nothing to help the attachment issue. Any
help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Gary VanderMolen \(MVP\)]

Saying you "tried everything" doesn't tell us what all you've tried so far.
Which antivirus are you running? Some of them cause problems with
Windows Mail over time.